The lone race for a seat on the Lincoln County board of commissioners was too close to call Tuesday night after challenger Rick Beasley of Depoe Bay was within […]
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Incumbent Hoyle winning against Republican challenger DeSpain in Oregon’s 4th Congressional District
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle Returns on Tuesday indicate that incumbent Democratic Rep. Val Hoyle will continue to represent Oregon’s 4th Congressional District in Congress. Hoyle had nearly 53% […]
22nd annual Celtic Music Festival will fill Yachats this weekend with hundreds of its devotees
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews YACHATS — When the Yachats Celtic Music Festival sings, strums and stomps its way into town this weekend, it isn’t only music-lovers who’ll be thrilled. Hotels, […]
Local opposition, no state mandates dooms southern Oregon coast wind energy projects — for now
By MONICA SAMAYOA/Oregon Public Broadcasting A push to bring floating offshore wind technology to the Southern Oregon coast was gaining momentum. The Oregon Department of Energy saw floating offshore wind playing […]
A very wet end of October pushes Yachats-area’s 10-month rain totals to highest in a dozen years
October on the central Oregon coast was a nice sunny fall month – until it wasn’t. Five of the last 11 days of October saw rain totals of more […]
Mushroom hunter lost and found near Waldport has advice: “Look up and see where you’re at …”
By FEDOR ZARKHIN/The Oregonian/OregonLive Some of Cary Kerst’s happiest childhood memories are of picking mushrooms in rural Indiana with his father 60 years ago. Those happy memories transformed into a […]
Despite glitches with facilities, Lincoln County began second year of homeless shelter operations Friday
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Last year Chantelle Estess had two weeks to get Lincoln County’s winter shelter program for the homeless up and running. Despite fits and starts and trials […]
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Deputies investigating needle found in Waldport trick-or-treat candy
WALDPORT – Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating what appeared to be a needle embedded in candy that a trick-or-treater was given Thursday night in Waldport. In a news release […]
Bigger than normal quake recorded 170 miles west of Bandon on Wednesday
Earthquake monitors detected a sizable shake about 170 miles off the Oregon coast Wednesday near Bandon, but no tsunami is expected. According to the United States Geological Survey, a 6.0 earthquake occurred at […]
Sheriff’s rescue team finds lost mushroom hunter near Waldport
WALDPORT — A mushroom hunter was found exhausted but in good condition Friday after calling 9-1-1 to report he was lost near the Harris Ranch Trail east of Waldport. Cary […]
Yachats continues to negotiate to stop clearcut south of city
YACHATS — Yachats’ officials are holding their cards close to the vest as they continue to negotiate to stop a 20-acre clearcut near the base of the Yachats Ridge […]
Performing Arts Center breaks the mold a bit with two live rock concerts Friday, Saturday
By Oregon Coast TODAY New wave and David Bowie fans should prepare for a Major Crush — two epic concerts from popular Portland-based bands in one weekend at the […]
Central coast theater group celebrates 50 years with retrospective of its past plays
By Oregon Coast TODAY To celebrate 50 years of bringing live entertainment to the central Oregon coast, Theatre West in Lincoln City is presenting retrospective of past-produced plays, beginning […]
5 Questions and a Secret: Seal Rock gallery owner Susan Hanson continually reinvents herself, businesses
By KATHLEEN O’CONNOR/YachatsNews Susan Hanson’s life is a story of multiple reinventions, starting with moving to a new continent when she was 11. Now she owns two businesses in […]
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Sports betting in Oregon continues to surge in popularity as residents wager millions
By JONI AUDEN LAND/Oregon Public Broadcasting Oregon’s sports betting market continues to surge, both in terms of dollars wagered and the number of people placing bets. In the first quarter […]
OSU graduate assistants authorize strike as soon as Nov. 12 if negotiations fail
By TIFFANY CAMHI/Oregon Public Broadcasting Hundreds of Oregon State University’s unionized graduate student employees are gearing up for a possible strike in the coming weeks. Last week, 93% of voting […]
Local ballot measures around Oregon ask voters to weigh in on psilocybin mushrooms, wind energy
By JULIA SHUMWAY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Four years after Oregon voters approved the regulated use of psilocybin mushrooms and more than a year after the first patients began using them, more […]
New OSU facility serves to return human remains and cultural artifacts to tribes
By BRIAN BULL/KLCC News CORVALLIS — The proper repatriation of Native American remains is behind a new facility and the collaboration between Oregon State University and the nine federally-recognized […]
Oregon signs agreement with developers to enter entire Elliott State Forest into carbon market
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon is one step closer to using a state forest to help capture and store more planet-warming greenhouse gases, and to fight climate change […]
Oregon Dept. of Education recommends schools ‘limit or restrict’ use of cellphones in new guidance
By ELIZABETH MILLER/Oregon Public Broadcasting Students, parents, teachers, principals, and even Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek have all had their say in the debate about cellphones in schools. Now, the Oregon Department of Education is […]
Albany teachers overwhelmingly approve strike authorization as negotiations continue
By NATALIE PATE/Oregon Public Broadcasting When asked whether to approve a strike — should it come to that — the vast majority of Albany teachers said “yes.” According to voting […]
Memo to Oregon Gov. Kotek shows first, partial statewide look at new drug deflection efforts
By CONRAD WILSON/Oregon Public Broadcasting It’s been two months since Oregon recriminalized drug possession and new data from across the state is starting to show how the new law, which […]